Special to the Sunbeam/Salem City PoliceTwo of the weapons confiscated from the Morrison Avenue home of a Salem resident by police.SALEM — A city man faces various weapons charges, as well as other offenses, after he allegedly pointed a loaded air rifle at officers who went to his Morrison Avenue home Friday for a summons service, according to Salem City Police Chief John Pelura III.

A later search of the residence around 4:45 p.m. in the 200 block of Morrison Avenue also found a bag of ammunition, a MAK-90, AK-47-style assault rifle, various air rifles, a 30-06 rifle with a scope and a loaded crossbow, he said, adding no one was injured during this incident.

Officers serving the summons at the home of Eric DeMagnus Sr., 55, were let into the residence by his wife, who told police that her husband had just gone down the hallway of their home, according to Pelura.

The chief said as the officers entered the dimly-lit hallway, they saw DeMagnus holding a rifle and raising it toward them.

The officers immediately took cover, identified themselves as police and ordered DeMagnus to drop the weapon, Pelura said. DeMagnus complied with the officers’ requests and was taken into custody by police without incident, the chief added.

Officers later identified the weapon DeMagnus was holding as an air rifle and it was loaded, according to Pelura.

DeMagnus, he said, was charged with possession of an assault firearm without a permit, three counts of unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of hollow point bullets, aggravated assault on a police officer with a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.

DeMagnus was lodged in the Salem County Correctional Facility in Mannington Township in default of $1,000 bail.

“We are required to make split-second life or death decisions at a moment’s notice. It is by God’s grace alone that the suspect in this situation made the instant decision to comply with the officers’ orders.”